{"id":1616,"date":"2013-12-08T18:43:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T09:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2013-12-08T18:43:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T09:43:30","slug":"matsumoto-castle-nominated-for-general-election-of-tdfk47-in-trip-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/matsumoto-castle-nominated-for-general-election-of-tdfk47-in-trip-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsumoto Castle Nominated for General Election of &#8220;TDFK47&#8221; in Trip Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/tripadviser.jpg?resize=300%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" class=\"alignright size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Matsumoto Castle is now nominated for &#8220;General Election&#8221; of &#8220;TDFK47&#8221; as a representative of Nagano Prefecture in the tourist website Trip Advisor.<\/p>\n<p>It is a parody of the &#8220;General Election&#8221;  of AKB48, the top idol group in Japan. The photo of the spot that got the most votes will be used as &#8220;Center&#8221; in the Trip Advisor. You can &#8220;vote&#8221; just by pushing &#8220;Like&#8221; button if you have your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>There are 47 prefectures in Japan and our Matsumoto Castle is selected as a representative because it has been the most popular sightseeing spot in Nagano Prefecture in the site.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1619\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CASTLE4.jpg?resize=295%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" class=\"size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matsumoto Castle and Japan Alps in winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>The election is until 23rd, Dec.  Now Nagano Pref (Matsumoto Castle) is getting the most votes (the second is Hokkaido).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.jp\/pages\/47attractions_2013.html\" target=new>The webpage<\/a> is in Japanese. Matsumoto Castle (\u677e\u672c\u57ce) of Nagano Pref (\u9577\u91ce\u770c) is located in the 10th row, the left column<!--7th row, the center column-->.<\/p>\n<p>Please vote if you like Matsumoto Castle or Nagano Prefecture!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/matsumoto-castle-nominated-for-general-election-of-tdfk47-in-trip-advisor\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/miscellaneous-en\/matsumoto-castle-nominated-for-general-election-of-tdfk47-in-trip-advisor\/\" data-text=\"Matsumoto Castle Nominated for General Election of &quot;TDFK47&quot; in Trip Advisor\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matsumoto Castle is now nominated for &#8220;General Election&#8221; of &#8220;TDFK47&#8221; as a representative of Nagano Prefecture in the tourist website Trip Advisor. It is a parody of the &#8220;General Election&#8221; of AKB48, the top idol group in Japan. The photo of the spot that got the most votes will be used as &#8220;Center&#8221; in the Trip Advisor. You can &#8220;vote&#8221; just by pushing &#8220;Like&#8221; button if you have your Facebook account. There are 47 prefectures in Japan and our Matsumoto Castle is selected as a representative because it has been the most popular sightseeing spot in Nagano Prefecture in the site. The election is until 23rd, Dec. 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